Cloned food??

[rgorton]

Hi everyone, just wondering if anyone knows what Rome has said about eating cloned food? The FDA has approved selling cloned meat and dairy products with no warning label, and was wondering. Thanks

Robin

 

[Sabda]

I agree with one of the comments at the bottom of the link. The FDA has lost a great deal of credibility in recent years. I can’t say I’m too happy with this decision. Below is a link for anyone that wants to read more about this. I honestly can’t see the purpose in cloning animals for this reason.

FDA OKs meat, milk from most cloned animals

 

[whatevergirl]

Hi everyone, just wondering if anyone knows what Rome has said about eating cloned food? The FDA has approved selling cloned meat and dairy products with no warning label, and was wondering. Thanks

Robin

Hi Robin–my husband brought this up tonight during dinner. Ugh–I can’t imagine eating cloned food. I personally feel that we are treading into dangerously immoral waters when we start cloning for any reason, really.

 

[the_phoenix]

Travelling down to mid-Ohio to buy my food in Amish country like I already do once in awhile is looking better and better …

~~ the phoenix

 

[Sabda]

Hi Robin–my husband brought this up tonight during dinner. Ugh–I can’t imagine eating cloned food. I personally feel that we are treading into dangerously immoral waters when we start cloning for any reason, really.

I just can not understand what is so wrong with letting them breed the way God intended them too.

 

[whatevergirl]

I just can not understand what is so wrong with letting them breed the way God intended them too.

Not enough money, maybe? My son chimed in at dinner as well, saying that this topic came up in school today, and one of his teachers said that the cloned cows would be used for breeding only. I agree with you, why all of a sudden do we need to be doing this? My husband said eventually cloning people will be happening–and the reasons behind it range from stem cell research to organ transplants. It’s sick, in my opinion. I guess mankind will never be satisfied unless it’s playing God, right down to creating people. Scary isn’t it? It reminds me of the book I read in high school…Frankenstein.

 

[rgorton]

In our family we are trying to simplify and are Franciscan, this seems just so wrong- maybe raising our own food is the next direction we need to consider

 

[Sabda]

In our family we are trying to simplify and are Franciscan, this seems just so wrong- maybe raising our own food is the next direction we need to consider

ABSOLUTELY!! We already have plans for a garden with the intention of freezing/canning most of what we grow. I grow tomatoes and usually one other food like strawberries during the summer. Yummmy!
I expect that the market for organic products will grow because of this and it would not surprise me to start seeing food labels that clearly state that their food was NOT cloned.

 

[rgorton]

Well, we live on ten acres in eastern oklahoma, not very good for growing stuff, lots of rock- but we manage veggies, now we need to consider expanding, sure is creepy though-

 

[whatevergirl]

It makes me want to become a vegetarian.

 

[rgorton]

I’ve thought of that too, i was vegetarian in high school, and honestly think we may have to follow Daniels footsteps- the more things are happening, just a strange time we are in- what is it Fr Corapi has said- ‘we ain’t seen nothin yet’- hang on to our Rosaries, and trust the Lord

 

[roanoker]

Remember what God told St. Peter: "Its not what you put into your mouth that matters…well, you know the rest of it. I’m not too thrilled about cloned food either, but I don’t think eating it is sinful in any way. As to where this cloning fad is taking us, God only knows. But I’m confident He does know.

 

[Sabda]

Remember what God told St. Peter: "Its not what you put into your mouth that matters…well, you know the rest of it. I’m not too thrilled about cloned food either, but I don’t think eating it is sinful in any way. As to where this cloning fad is taking us, God only knows. But I’m confident He does know.

I’m not the least bit worried about the sinful part. I could be wrong but I don’t think anyone else on this thread is either. What my concern is whether or not this is actually safe for us to eat, as in causing cancer etc… There are so many things in today’s world that authorities claim to be safe but are really not. Like I said, with the drug fiasco, the FDA lost a lot of it’s credibility. The fact is not near enough time has passed to know for certain whether cloned meat is safe to eat.

 

[Dale_M]

I’m puzzled by the reaction of so many here. What could wrong with cloned food?

I don’t understand the reasons for cloned food, but I’d like to understand the reasons against it.

 

[roanoker]

I personally think they’re safe if the FDA says so. I know the FDA is not perfect, but they’re the best gauge we have. This same controversy arose in the 1930’s when hybrid vegetables first became available on the market. Then of course there is the old flouride debate-the Russians were trying to poison us, etc. That didn’t amount to much either. All we can do is pray and perserver as best we can. We can know very little as a lead-pipe sure thing…

 

[didymus]

I just can not understand what is so wrong with letting them breed the way God intended them too.

That went out the window ages ago. All the beef you buy comes from artificially inseminated cows (or rather their offspring) – same for pigs, sheep & other food animals.

My concern would be not cloning per se (though there is a “yuck” factor) but the decrease in genetic diversity. Ages ago I read in a SF novel that McDonald’s served identical burgers worldwide, all cloned from the same prize steer. It was just a throwaway line but that’s what we are on the verge of.
So if big agricorps choose “ideal” steers and cows to clone we’ll have huge herds of identical animals that could all be wiped out by disease because there’s no genetic variation.

Worse, the next step is cloning meat directly, i.e., growing the muscle tissue by itself w/o the rest of the animal.

 

[TIME]

It makes me want to become a vegetarian.

We have just about gone to that in our house, really cutting back. We have moved to more Ligand(sp) type beans, Kidney Beans, Lima Beans, etc. Shifted to Organic Soy Milk, and more eggs/egg whites for protein.

Any problems from cloned animal products could take years to unfold. I am sorry to say the FDA approves just about anything that does not kill or make people sick, in a short period of time.

 

[Digitonomy]

Hi everyone, just wondering if anyone knows what Rome has said about eating cloned food? The FDA has approved selling cloned meat and dairy products with no warning label, and was wondering. ThanksRobin

I don’t think the Vatican has said anything about eating cloned food. However, the EU, in which the Vatican is an observer, recently ruled that meat from cloned animals is probably safe.

whatevergirl:

my husband brought this up tonight during dinner. Ugh–I can’t imagine eating cloned food. I personally feel that we are treading into dangerously immoral waters when we start cloning for any reason, really.

I understand what you’re saying, but we can talk about it after you finish eating your cloned fruits and vegetables.

 

[whatevergirl]

We have just about gone to that in our house, really cutting back. We have moved to more Ligand(sp) type beans, Kidney Beans, Lima Beans, etc. Shifted to Organic Soy Milk, and more eggs/egg whites for protein.

Any problems from cloned animal products could take years to unfold. I am sorry to say the FDA approves just about anything that does not kill or make people sick, in a short period of time.

except vitamins. Those, they are not willing to put their seal of approval on. Why? Because people stay healthier when they take vitamins and eat right, and where’s the money in that? I don’t trust the FDA…they approve synthetic drugs, but not natural herbal remedies. Again, there’s no big money in people staying well.